Excerpt from The Beauty and Truth of the Catholic Church, Vol. 4: Sermons From the German, Adapted and Edited
"For by the greatness of the beauty, and of the creature, the creator of them may be seen, so as to be known thereby." - Wisdom, 13, 5.
"I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth;" with these words the Apostles' Creed begins. Faith in the existence of God, therefore, is the foundation upon which rests the whole Christian faith. And naturally, for we must first know and believe that God is, before we can give assent to His revelation. But we believe that God is, because He Himself has revealed it; we know that there is one God, for our own understanding convinces us of this. Reason, based on experience, tells us that there is no effect without a cause, no work without a master, no movement without a moving-power. We see a stream, at once we know that it has a source; we see smoke rising, we conclude at once that there is a fire; we see a watch, a painting, a house, and at once we will represent to ourselves the watchmaker, the painter or the builder.
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